The Resume/Profile/CV Tsunami – Hit by the Talent Wave

Posted by • October 9th, 2009 • 4 Comments

I am consulting with global companies designing talent sourcing, assessment and delivery flow efficiencies to fill specific executive corporate positions around the world. And because of our current economic backdrop and the shared – aggregated dispersal of a position posted, tweeted or discussed the flow of talent qualified and unqualified is overwhelming.

I have written practiced and made passionate speeches on the value of treating talent with graciousness and am frankly finding my personal tenets difficult to live up to. This concerns me for the sake of the talent and the perception of the recruitment brand.

How does talent overcome getting lost in the flow?

  • Submit through the appropriate channels
  • Immediately network to someone within the organization to get them to recommend you directly to the hiring authority
  • If you do not know anyone in the organization use Linkedin or other social networks to meet them and get their networking assistance
  • Leave VM or email for the company contact early in the am using calm optimistic gracious language
  • Be persistent but try not to interfere with daily work activities – the company is juggling a number of balls primarily dealing with the talent flow

We would like to hear what is working for you. How do you differentiate yourself from the crowd in the recruiting supply chain?

Personally I am frustrated with the flow from job boards and aggregators – they appear, to me, to cause more unqualified talent to submit for opportunities they can’t do but hope by some miracle to obtain. Next week we’ll deal with how companies can better manage or stem the tide. For now if you’re talent ‘in the job search flow’, stay focused and optimistic.

Note: A few have asked about the profile picture here…primarily why and what. Simple, name is Stringer…I fish.

Guest Blogger Hank Stringer is a member of the Glassdoor.com, Clearview Collection and CEO of Stringer Executive Search and Chief Strategist to Novotus - a professional recruiting agency. In 2006 he co-authored Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business" (Prentice-Hall. 2006) with fellow Clearview contributor Rusty Rueff. Hank’s experience includes founding Hire.com, an early Internet recruitment solution acquired by Authoria in 2005. He has also served as a senior recruiter for Dell Inc. and Tandem Computers.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/johnsumser John Sumser

    Great stuff as usual. With all of the myriad ways of communicating with potential employers, the fact that most people continue to relay on blind resume submission is odd, don't you think?

    Maybe the answer is as simple as 'don't use a resume'. And, for goodness sake, don't blindly submit one in response to a job posting.

    Someone who is curious enough to find out more about a job, focus on whether or not to work for a specific boss and present themselves independent of standard formats will really stand out, don't you think?

    Find other ways to communicate your specific intent to work for a specific person making a specific contribution. The sewage pipe of resumes is full and in search of the Roter-Rooter guy to clean it out. Don't present yourself to a prospective employer through the same pipe everyone else uses.

    When you're looking for a job, prove that you can make a real difference every time you have the opportunity. Own the conversation by taking it outside of the conventional bounds.

    That kind of advice will really stretch the bounds of graciousness. But, maybe graciousness includes the ability to quickly and firmly say “No”.

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